Aircraft Manufacturing Company-built Eagle-engined DH.4 A7995 at Hendon. Note the windscreen applied to the modified gunner/observer's position, the aircraft probably being used for communications purposes.

THE BRITISH ARMY BIPLANE: AFTER SEVERAL PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS AT HEAVIER-THAN-AIR FLIGHT, COL. S. F. CODY. IN JANUARY, 1909. SUCCEEDED IN MAKING A "FLIGHT" OF 20 YARDS ON LAFFAN'S PLAIN IN THIS MACHINE, CONSTRUCTED AT THE BALLOON FACTORY, ALDERSHOT.

"BORN 1913 AND STILL GOING STRONG": THE AVRO 504, WHICH BEGAN ITS CAREER AS AN OFFENSIVE AIRCRAFT EARLY IN THE WAR, LATER BECAME THE STANDARD TRAINING MACHINE. AMONG ITS EXPLOITS WAS THE BOMBING OF THE ZEPPELIN SHEDS AT FRIEDRICHSHAFEN.

AN EARLY MILITARY MACHINE: THE BRISTOL "BOX KITE" RESEMBLED IN A GENERAL WAY THE FARMANS OF THE SAME PERIOD. IT WAS FITTED WITH A GNOME ROTARY ENGINE DRIVING A PUSHER AIRSCREW. MANY EARLY PILOTS WERE TRAINED ON THIS TYPE OF MACHINE.

ANOTHER ECHO: Major Sydney Cotton's Bellanca Monoplane, in which he set off to the rescue of Mr. Courtauld. Upon reaching Iceland Major Cotton learned that the rescue had been effected, and then returned home.

Walter Lees (right) and Frederic Brossy (left) checking up on their fuel supply before taking off on the record-breaking non-refuelling endurance flight in the Bellanca "Pacemaker" Monoplane with 225 h.p. Packard-Diesel engine.

Bellanca "Pacemaker" Monoplane with 225 h.p. Packard-Diesel engine, in which the new World's Non-Refuelling Endurance Record was made by remaining aloft 84 hours 33 minutes, at Jacksonville, Florida, May 25 to 28, 1931.

STRENUOUS BUT USEFUL: There was a close finish in the "Utility Race" between the crews of a Parnall "Elf" and a De Havilland "Puss Moth," the latter arriving on the ground first but gliding a long way, while the "Elf" was landed very near the finishing line.

INTERCEPTING EXTRAORDINARY: Our Photographer has caught the Hawker "Fury" (Rolls-Royce "Kestrel" engine) high above the clouds as Mr. Bulman swung it up and out in an Immelman Turn after "attacking" a Hawker "Horseley" piloted by Mr. Sayer.

THE LOW-LIMIT: Mr. Edwardes, Klemm (Salmson), waiting for the flag. He was first man away and led for many miles en route to Cramlington. Mr. Reynolds is the timekeeper while Capt. Dancy, on his right, looks as if he was satisfied with the work he and Mr. Rowarth had done in handicapping the entries (and rightly so too!).

An unusual touch was lent to the Parliamentary visit to Hanworth by the presence of a replica of the old Bleriot monoplane, Type XI, and the latest commercial aircraft, the Handley Page "Hannibal." Many of the visitors saw, for the first time, a Bleriot monoplane in flight

STRENUOUS BUT USEFUL: There was a close finish in the "Utility Race" between the crews of a Parnall "Elf" and a De Havilland "Puss Moth," the latter arriving on the ground first but gliding a long way, while the "Elf" was landed very near the finishing line.

A view from the pupils' position of the instrument board lowered. The instruments include clock, revolution indicator, air speed indicator, turn and bank indicator, altimeter, artifical horizon compass and course and drift indicator.

A. V. Roe & Co., Ltd., have recently supplied an Avian (Hermes II) to the Gothenburg Aero Club. The machine was subscribed for by prominent business men in Gothenburg, and was flown to Sweden by Mr. Gosta Andree, Secretary of the Club.

COMPETITORS AND JUDGES: The photograph shows Mr. R. F. Hall and his passenger, Dr. Templeton, who, in a Hermes-Avian, won for the Lancashire Aero Club the S.B.A.C. Cup for a race from London to Bristol.

THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS, NAVAL WING: THE NAVAL WING, SUBSEQUENTLY KNOWN AS THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE, CARRIED OUT MANY EXPERIMENTS WITH AIRCRAFT CO-OPERATING WITH THE FLEET. HERE WE SEE A SHORT BIPLANE (WITH FLOTATION GEAR) BEING HOISTED ABROAD H.M S. "HIBERNIA." WHICH WAS EQUIPPED WITH A PLATFORM FROM WHICH AIRCRAFT COULD TAKE OFF

A NEW BREGUET TRANSPORT MACHINE: The Breguet 391T is a development of the famous military type 27, but is fitted with three Gnome-Rhone "Titan" engines of 230 h.p. each. The machine has seating accommodation for 10 passengers.

COMPETITORS AND JUDGES: The photograph shows Mr. H. Thomas, a director of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and his son setting off from Filton for the Air Port at Whitchurch in a Bristol machine piloted by Mr. Campbell.

"THAT WAS A GOOD AEROPLANE THAT IS": Reversing the now famous "Shell" slogan seems apt in connection with this Hawker "Danecock" with Armstrong-Siddeley "Jaguar" engine which, although delivered by the Hawker Company to the Danish Naval Air Service in 1924, has recently won the Nordic Cup Competition piloted by Lieutenant Erik Rastnussen, Royal Danish Navy. The course was one of 800 miles, and pilots from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark took part. The "Danecock" is still the standard fighter in Denmark, and the same officer and machine still hold the Scandinavian altitude record established just over two years ago.

The photograph is unique, as our photographer has caught a III F just as the pilot gave the rudder a final kick to enable him to see the deck before landing. The smoke and hot air from the funnel are apt to cause bumps and bad visibility when coming up astern, and it is necessary to slew the aircraft about somewhat before putting her down in order to get a clear view of the deck.

The late Marcel Lalouette, winner of the Reserved Officers Associated Section in the Inter-Club Speed Contest (Vincennes-Tours and return) for the President's Prize. He was flying a Farman 231 (95 h.p. Renault).

Westland, following upon the Pterodactyl l experience, elected to forego the Mk. II and III projected tailless fighters in favour of the more modest Mk. IV three-seater research vehicle. The sole example, K1947, first flew in June 1931 and was powered by a 120hp DH Gipsy III. The Mk. IV's maximum achievable speed in level flight was 113mph. Interestingly, in an effort to cure the roller-coaster excursions of the Mk. I, Capt. Hill reverted to using elevons on the Mk. IV, in place of swivelling wingtip, but the pitch control problems appear to have remained unaffected.

The Marine Section at Mount Batten. In front is a motor dinghy. The large craft is a semi-Diesel pinnace. Behind that is a Brooks "Stand-by," to attend at taking-off and landing. Furthest away is a twin-screw refueller.

WIRELESS EQUIPMENT OF "KENT" FLYING BOATS: In our issue for May 15 we described the Marconi Wireless Equipment installed in the Short "Kent" flying boats used on Imperial Airways. We are now able to give illustration showing one of the flying boats with the masts and aerials which enable the pilot to communicate when on the water

WIRELESS EQUIPMENT OF "KENT" FLYING BOATS: In our issue for May 15 we described the Marconi Wireless Equipment installed in the Short "Kent" flying boats used on Imperial Airways. We are now able to give illustration showing the receiving and transmitting equipment installed in the hull

A VISITOR AT VINCENNES: During (he National Aviation Meeting at Vincennes on May 24-25 (reported in our issue for June 5), the Bleriot "125" twin-fuselage bi-motor monoplane provided one of the chief items of interest amongst the new types presented.

BREDA DEVELOPMENTS: Our illustration shows view of the new Breda "15" light monoplane, fitted with a 110 h.p. "Argus A.S.8" inverted engine. The installation of an inverted engine in this machine has been the means of considerably improving the view forward from the cabin - as may be gathered from the illustration, showing an interior view from the rear seat. We understand that the inverted D.H. "Gipsy" and "Cirrus Hermes" engines will also be fitted in the "15-S" machines.

AN ECHO OF THE COURTAULD RESCUE: One of the D.H. "Moths" of the British Arctic Air Expedition fitted with skies, which attempted to reach Mr. Courtauld when he was stranded on the Greenland ice gap. The Esquimoes, who had never before seen an aeroplane, are helping to refuel the machine before it set out on its unsuccessful attempt.

FORMATION FLYING BY CENTRAL FLYING SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS: THESE "GIPSY-MOTHS" WILL BE SEEN AT THE DISPLAY. IN THE LOWER PHOTOGRAPH THE LEADER IS INVERTED, WHILE THE OTHER MACHINES ARE "RIGHT WAY UP." IN THE UPPER PICTURE ALL THE MACHINES ARE INVERTED.

The N.F.S. Moth (Cirrus III), which was fitted out to tow Herr Krause. The arrangement to keep the towing cable clear of the tail units seems adequate for the job and was made and designed in the N.F.S. workshops at Hanworth.

Capt. Joseph Thoret looking over his glider before taking off, and giving a demonstration of towed gliding at the Vincennes Meeting held on May 24 and 25. Capt. Thoret will be remembered by readers of "Flight" for the trips he gives over the Alps from the aerodrome of Passy-Le Fayet in his Potez machines. His knowledge of gliding has helped him a great deal when flying round Mount Blanc, and he has often made prolonged flights with his engine throttled right down.

Herr Fuchs of the Akademische Fliegergruppe Darmstadt, landing at Staaken in the "Starkenburg," after having flown from the Tempelhof Aerodrome over the City of Berlin. He was towed up to gain his initial altitude by a Klemm (Argus).

AN INTERESTING AMERICAN LIGHT PLANE: The Northrop Beta is fitted with a Menasco Buccaneer inverted engine of 160 h.p., with which engine it is expected the machine will have a top speed of 175 m.p.h. The machine is of all metal construction, with stressed-skin wing covering.